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Terminalia catappa

Scientific Name
Terminalia catappa
Family Name
Combretaceae
Common Names
Country almond.
Local Names
Bangla badam, kath badam, deshi badam. (Bangladesh), Talisay(Philippines), Kottamba (Sri Lanka)
Description
A tree about 25m high with horizontal whorls of branches; leaves simple, alternate,clustered towards the ends of branches, very shortly petioled, 15-28cm long, l0cmbroad, glabrous and shining above, tomentose below with two glandular depressionsnear the base of the midrib on the underside; flowers regular, polygamous, in simple,solitary, axillary, rusty-tomentose or pilose spikes 6cm long, the upper flowers maleand the lower flowers bisexual, bracts minute; calyx-tube cylindric, adnate to andconstricted above the ovary, calyx lobes of 5 triangular valves, soon deciduous; petalsabsent; stamens 10 inserted on the calyx lobes, biseriate, 5 lower stamens opposite thecalyx teeth and the 5 higher ones alternating with them; ovary inferior, unilocular with2 or 3 pendulous ovules, glabrous or hairy, ellipsoid, slightly compressed showingtwo ridges; fruit an indehiscent ellipsoid drupe 3-6cm long, with a hard endocarp. (SriLanka)
Uses
Astringent, mild, diuretic, cardiotonic, leprosy, scabies, skin diseases (Bangladesh)
Scabies (Philippines)
Scabies, dentifrice, cutaneous diseases, rheumatic joints, cudio-tonics, gonorrhea,biliousness, catarrh, leprosy, sudorific, diuretic, gastric disorders, dysentery (SriLanka)
Locations Where Plants Is Conserved
Philippines - LBES Medicinal Genebank, ERDB
Sri Lanka - Naula, Bibila, Kanneliya, Meegahak, Pinna, Haldummu, Ganewatta
Remarks
Terminalia catappa (GRIN)

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